Why don't dying people in poor countries in Africa, Asia and
Latin America have better access to inexpensive pain relief
medications?
How do you fight an outbreak of polio in Nigeria amidst
rumors that vaccinations are responsible for sterilizing Muslim
girls or even spreading the AIDS virus?
Should the opium harvets of Afghanistan be eradicted or can
they be used as an inexpensive way to produce morphine for
terminally ill poor people?
On a regular basis, reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. raises these
questions and others in his insightful reportage in the New York
Times. If you are interested in issues of healthcare,
international affairs or comtemporary journalism, don't miss this
important program.
Speaker
Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Date
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Time
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Student Luncheon
3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Faculty Tea (Graduate Students Also Welcome)
Lunch will be provided courtesy of The New York
Times.
Location
Storm Center, University Center, Queens campus
Registration Form
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More About Speaker
Donald G. McNeil Jr., a science reporter at The New York Times,
started at the paper as a copy boy in 1976. He has been a
city reporter, an environment reporter, an editor on several
sections, a theater columnist, and a foreign correspondent in
Africa and Easter Europe. Since joining the science staff, he
has written mostly about diseases, especially pestilences affecting
poor countries and the hunt for affordable cures.
For Further Reading
The following is a sampling of New York Times articles written by
Mr. McNeil:
The Soul of a New Vaccine
Drugs Banned, Many of the World's Poor Suffer in Pain
Rumor, Fear and Fatigue Hinder Final Push to End Polio
New
Concern on Polio Among Mecca Pilgrims
A Time to Rethink AIDS’s Grip
Shining Light on Diseases Often in the Shadows
Could Afghan Poppies Be Painkillers for the Poor?
Distribution
of Nets Splits Malaria Fighters
Painkillers
in Short Supply in Poor Countries
Child
Mortality at Record Low; Further Drop Seen
In
India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying
Sex
Slaves Returning Home Raise AIDS Risks, Study Says
Design
That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor
For a look at the more than 900 New York Times articles
that Donald McNeil Jr. wrote, please see the
complete archive.